This month’s photos have been generously supplied by Fran Woodrow from the John Gray Centre Archives in Haddington. They all represent some…
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Occasional Histories of Dunbar
This year, 2020, will mark the 650th anniversary of the granting of the Royal Charter to Dunbar. Dunbar Community Council had plans…
Dunbar Gala Days – A Clerical Error
This month features some photos from the 1920s and focuses on Dunbar Gala days. The photos from the Fancy Dress Parade have…
Herring on the harbour and Bobby Aitken
This month features another virtual talk by Jim Herring. This talk features a film made in the early 1960s by Bobby Aitken,…
Dunbar in the 1950s – New Publication
The latest publication from The Society is by Dr Jim Herring and the cover is shown above. Please go to the book’s…
The ups and downs of tourism
This month’s resource comes in the form of a video. It is an extract from the talk given by Jim Herring in…
The Belhaven Bridge Bazaar
This month’s entry focuses on Belhaven Bridge aka The Bridge to Nowhere. In response to a query to the Society from Canada, Robert…
Local place names
Following on from last month’s analysis of the 1893 map, this month looks at the remaining two quadrants of the map. Starting…
The 6 inch map of Haddingtonshire
The map this month is from 1893 and is an extract from a 6 inch map of Haddingtonshire as East Lothian was…
Who lived at the Eden Hotel?
This month sees an innovation in the Resources section in that it features extracts from one of the monthly talks given to…